Corn-husking machine.



FATENTED FEB. 12, 19W.

H. E. BURSELL.

GORN HUSKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIM rum) MR 51 90a W1 TNESSES: v

PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907.

H. H. BURSELL. U981! HUSKING MACHINE,

APPLIOATION FILED 1513.11, 1906.

4 SHEETS-ASHES? 2.

1m 843,866 PATENTED FEB. 12,1907.

' H, BURSELL.

001m HUSKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 190B.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3 PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. H, BURSELL.

CORN HUSKING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1908 1. SHEBTSSHEBT 4.

. sisis inthe improved construction and novel oos esa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-1ORACE H. BURSELL, OF Tani-LAN; innNEsorA,Ass1GNoR OEFORTYNINE' one HUNDREDTHS To an E. VAN AMBERQOF TRUMAN, MINNESOTA.

-- CORNfH U SKING.MA CHINE..

a manner as to' snap or detach the cars from the stalks and subsequently to strip the husks from the ears, tho snapping operation. andlthehusk-stripping o eration beingperformed by as'ingle pair o i'olls. 7

The objects of the invention are to and improve the constructionand operation of this class of 1nachines'..v

With these and other ends: mi -fest, will readily appear as the naturefof them-"1 veniion is better understood, thesamc'con arrangement and combination of parts which,

will he hereinafter-fully described, a'nglpar-i iieularly pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying rawiilgs'has been illusiraied a simple and preferred-form oftheinveniion, iibeing, however, understood that. no limiiaiion is necessarily made to-the'prev' (rise sirurrn-ral details thereinexhibited; but

Specification of Letters Blatant Application filed ii mh a1, 1906. Serial in. 309,149..

Patented Feb. 12. 1907.

der that the frame may be tilted or dipped, 55

as will be readily understood. The-frame is provided with a laterally-extending bracket 3, with which the tongue 4 is hingedly 0011-. nected for the attachment of thedraft, which may be applied through the medium of an 60 equalizer 5 of ordinary construction.-. The frame is also provided with apairof for,

wardly-extendmg guide-bars 6 and 6, provided at their front ends with the divergent gatherers 7 and 7'. r

Means are provided fol-effecting the Std-. justinent of the frame vertically with relationto the bull-wheel 1, said means including asegmental guide 8, having a toothed portion.

or rack that engages a pinion upon the axle. 70

10 of the"bull-wheel, said axle carrying also a 1 Qworm-gmr 11- and a bracket 12, supporting a;

shaft 13, having aworm 14, meshing with the i 5 Xvorrmgear, and a crank 15, whereby it may" berotated. Mechanism of this kind, however; 7 5

iswell' known in.corn-.-harvesters as well as in g 1 rvesters, andit has been only-conw' ve'ntionally'illustrated.

R and R -designate the corn-engagirig rolls which ,-operate first to engage the .80

stalks and-toassist in detaching the earsfrom the latter and afterward. to strip the husks from the ears..:,-.- .These rolls includethe cylindrical bodies 16 16' having: conical- 55 lionof a corn-husking-machine'constructed ihat changes, alterations, and modifieaiionsf members 17 17? at their lower frontends and= 5 wiihin the scope of the invention mayhere-nreduced cylindrical shanks 18 18 at their sorted to when desired. i e upper rear'ends: A -portion-- of thec 'lin-a- 1n Lire-drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva drical bodies near the lower front ends of'the "i '-T rolls and adjacent to -the conical'members 17 17 re longitudinally grooved or corrugated, go

in accordance"with the principles of the'in- You; inn, said view being shown partlyin sec- \iun. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of. the same. .l ig. 3 is a plan view showing,' the snapping and h usl ing rolls and related parts. Fig.4 is a plan view of ill? frame of the machine- Fig. 5 is =1. sizional deiail view of the snapping and husking rolls, taken on the plane indicated by i-hp line 5 5 in Fig. 3.

(Jorresponding pans in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characlO-IS of reference. J

The frame F 01 the improved machine is sup -vorted upon a bull-wheel 1 anda grails wheel 2, from the former of which power is derived io drive ihe moving parts of the machine. The said wheels are disposed wii-liiheir 5 axes in alinement with each Oi-llflf. or in the same transverse perpendicular plane in oras will be seen at 19 19", and the conical portions 17 17 are provided with-spirally-disfi posed feed-flanges 20 20, whereby the conical portions are converted into feed-angers,

which assist in gathering the cornstalks and1 5 in guiding the same between the longitudi'-' nall'v-corrugated portions of the rolls, said.

feed-flanges being spaced apart at the forward extremities or apices of the conical mcmbers,'forming wide openings or passages 00 for the admission of the stalks, upon which the spiral flanges by the rotation of the rolls gradually close, so as'to feed the stalks posi-' lively between the corrugated portions of the rolls. Bearing-blocks 21 21 are supported [05 ings for the lower gym extremities ofthe rolls. The reduced portions or shanks 18 18 together, so as to rotate simultaneously in the direction of each "other;

The rolls, as wilhbeclearlf seen by reference to F1 l of the ldrawin 's, are supported at a suite is inclination t e front-ends of said rolls being-supported'atsucha distance above theground; that-not only the standing stalks, but; also. suchstalks' as have been beaten down or toplpled over, will he certainly engaged by t e gatherers and will be thereby guided between the conical au er-v shaxped members of the rolls, whereby t is wil be further guided in'a rearward direction u ri'ti,l the stalks are laid hold'of by the longitudinally-corrugated c lindric'allportions of the rolls, as will herea ilyunderstood.

To assist' in" gathering and guiding the icorn'stalks; there areprovided a pair of reels,

including shafts" 242'4, \vhichare supportedfor rotation in the 'bearing-blocks21 21,

which afford bearings .for' the forwardex-, tremities of therolls, :saidshafts being pr'o-.

videdwi-thradial' wings or arms 25 25", which are es cially efiectiveto.assist inlifting and in gat ering down corn; Said wings rotate t a in athsfapproximatelyiparallel e 8510 itu inal axesof the rolls gwhile'thereel-sha s 24.24f' are-"at right. les 'to thelattetf; L The reel 'shaftsv are proivi ed with" sprocket pin= ions 26. 26] for eng'ji em'enttwith -t hedri chains, as bepmse nydsen Supportedfer-rotation in suitable bea 27, which is driven, by means of a lihkfbelt' 28, from a sprocketwheel 29fupon the brill-, wheelaxle. l The shaft 27 carries .a' bevel gear 30, mes with'a bevel-pinion 31' upon a shaft 32, whic is supported for rotationin suitable beari s parallel to the-axes of the rolls. The sh tg32 carries a s rocket-wheel 33,- which is. connected a l .bjelt 34 with a sprocket-wheel '35 th! 3;i'Qll'JRf-Which is thereby driven in-th'e pro ei direction, transmitting motion, as herein eforedescribed; to its mate. "Sup ortedin suitable bearings-at right angles to t e axes of the rolls and to that of the shaft 27 are a pair of shafts 36 and 36, the former of which is extended-downwardly and carries a bevel-pinion 37, meshing with a bevel-pinion 38 upon the driven shaft 27,

from which motion is thus transmitted to the shaft 36. A counter-shaft 39 is provided having a bevel-pinion 40, meshing with a bevel-pinion 41 upon the shaft 36. Said counter-shaft has also a bevel-pinion 42, meshing with a bevel-pinion 43 upon the shaft 36, which latter will thereby be driven reverselly to the shaft 36, thegearing being suitably arranged with this end in view. of said rolls are journaled in suit-able bear- 5 ings 221and 22 upon the frame. Said shanks i or reduced portions are also provided in rear P of said bearings with intermeshin pinions 23 and 23, whereby saidrol'ls will e geared -whiohis parallel to the plane of the axes of the rolls, the inner or proximate flights of said chains being disposed as close as conven ient to the faces of the rolls onthe downgoing sides of the latter. The links of the conveyer'chains are provided at intervals with lugs or fingers 47 47, adapted to engagefirst the stalks and afterward the detached ears of. GOI'IlpSflid fingers serving to convey the ears over the smooth cylindrical portions of the rolls, whereby the husks are stripped from the ears.

Suitably supported ad'acen't to the-inner I flights of the conveyer'c ains area air of guide-bars 48 481, which are prefera ly L- shaped in cross-s'ection,'the horizontal flange portions 49 49? 'of'sa-id-bars afiording su portingmeans for the inner flights of t e chainswhich are thereby kept from direct contact with the; rolls. vThe lower ends of the-(guide-bars 48 48 ma begsuitably' bolted upon or otherwise connected with the bearing blo'c-ks:21 21", and the upper ends of said guide-bars have. been illustrated as being sgltiibly connected with a cross-bar 50 of the frains. -The horizontalfi'ange ortions 49 4Q ofthiiseguide-bars also afior supporting -means for a pair of curved plates 51 51, izvhichfivillbieknowrrasthefsnapping-plates, onthe frame'of the "machine-inner of; e"

axle of the bull-wheeii's a transverse shaft,

and'which zare'supported directly over the longitudina'll ecormgated portions 19 19 of rthe j lplls 1 hese snapping-plates are 'entirelyystiif and rigid, and their function is as the stalks are. being buckled down bet-ween therollstc-detach the ears from the stalks, ,sai

platesbeing spaced apart at their proximateiedgsgt, sufficient distance to" admit of the passagefof; the stalks and leaves, while the cars will; notbe -capable of passing between saidplates. The guide-hers 48 and 485,-in eddition'to' supporting the snapping plates and'" the.n1ner flights of the chains,

oprateto constitute a chute-channeL'throughwhich the ears may beguided in an upward and rearward direction while the husks arebeing strippedtherefrom without danger of, being s illed over the sides of the rolls.

ing with a bevel-pinion upon a shaft 57,

which latter is provided at its opposite end with a bevelp.inion58, meshing with a bevelgear 59 upon. the driven shaft 27, as-will be best seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The husked ears are guided to the elevator, over an inclined chute 60, into the upper ends of 'whichthe ears are discharged over the rear .or upper ends of the ylindrical portions of the-rolls between the shanks or reduced por-' tions 18 18' of said rolls.

From-the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto an-.

' hold of the cornstalks that are to be operated upon and also in order to enable the I said stalks to pass between the. rolls, the

diameters of which are partly reduced by forming the grooves or corrugations therein, The rolls will be rotated at such speed that the longest stalks will..be.buckled down between the corrugated portions of the rolls, and the ears will be snapped from the stalks by the snapping-plates, which are disposed above .said grooved or corrugated portions. The conveyor-chains will operate to move the stalks rearwardly between the rolls as the machine advances, and when the ears are snapped from the stalks they will be engaged by the fingers of the conveyer-chains and will thereby be pushed'ofi the snapping.- plates and onto the smooth cylindrical portions of the rolls and upwardly and rear-.

wardly over the faces of the rolls. The

', smooth cylindrical portion of the rolls will lay hold of the husks, which latter will there-- by be torn or stripped from the ears, the husked ears being conveyed or pushed by the fingers of the conveyer-chains in an upward and rearward direction until they are discharged upon the chute 60, whereby'they are guided to the elevator, which serves to carry them to the place of deposit.

This improved machine, as will beseen from'the foregoing description, is extremely simple in construction, the snapping and husking operatams being performed by a singlepair of rolls which are driven without the intervention of complicated mechanism of any kind. It is obvious that the mechan ism maybe duplicated when desired, so as to enable the machine to operate upon a plurality of rows instead of upon 'a single row of corn.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is i. In a machine of the class described, a pair of driven coGporatiug rolls having concal auger members, and longitudinally-corrugated portio'ns adjacent to said conical members, the greater portion of the rolls- .having smooth cylindrical faces disposed approximately in contact with each other.

2. In a machine of the class described,a

pair of rolls, geared togetherfor rotation in opposite directions, said rolls having contact-- ing cylindrical faces for a portion oftheirlengths and provided at theirforward ends. with "conical auger-shaped stalk-engaging 1n embers and with longitudinally-corrugated portions adjacent to said conical members; 1n combination with ear-snapping plates rigidly supported adjacent to v,the corrugated portions of the rolls.

3. In a machine of the class described, a pair of rolls supported in an inclined plane and geared together for rotation, bars angular in cross-section supported adjacent to the upper faces of the rolls, and snapping;

lates supported by said bars adjacent to the orward portions of the rolls.

4. In a machine of the class described, a

.pair of rolls supported in an inclined plane and geared together for rotation, 'said rolls havingcontacting cylindrical faces for a portion of their lengths, conical stalk eng'agin points, longitudinally grooved or corrugate portions adjacent to said points, and reduced cylindrical shanks at their rear ends; in combination with guide bars angular. in cross-section supported adjacent to the faces of the rolls, snapping-plates secured to the guide-bars adjacent to the corrugated pOr tions of the rolls, and conveyor-chains giuded over the bars. Y

5. In a machine of the class described, a frame having forwardly-extending bars with terminal divergent gatherers, bearing-blocks supported upon said bars, a pair of rolls stepped "n the bearing-blocks and having auxiliary bearings upon the frame said rolls being provided with reduced shanks at their rear ends, intermeshing gears upon said shanks, means for driving one of the rolls,

bars'angular in cross-section supported adj acent to'and spaced from the upper faces of the rolls, shafts journaled in the bearingblocks, reels carried by said shafts sprocketwheels u on the reel-carrying shafts, endless driven c ains guided over the angular bars and over the sprocket-wheel's upon the reel carlrying shafts, and driving means for the rol s.

6. In a machine of the class described,- a

pair of coeperating driven rolls having augershaped conical stalk-engaging members and corrugated portions adjacent to said mom-- bers, reel-carrying shafts supported foirbtation adjacent to the stalk-engaging members of the rolls, reels carried thereby s rocket wheels upon thereel-earrying sha ts ,-;bars angular in cross'section sup orted adjacent to the upper faces of the rol s, ear-snapping plates supported by the bars adjacent to the pe 'ru'gated portions of the tell s, endless In testimoli/s that I claim the foregoing as driven chams guided over the bars and .over my own I have hereto affixes? my signature 1o the sprocket-wheels upon the reel-carr3 in i in ,the presence of two Witnes es.

- shafts said chains being provided with stalk i 1, 5 ahd ea; engaging fingers, a. discharge-chute L adjacent to the rear endsofthe rolls, and an Witnesses: elevator disposed to receive'material dis -J. J. ARMS, eharg'ed over the chute. D. B. KE L EY. 

